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MELANI

v0.1.0

A macOS mission console that measures the gap between the day you planned and the day you had.

You planned one day.
You lived another.

Mercury Research Labs · Mission Control · macOS

Operator,

Each morning you file a plan. Each night the day files its own report, and the two rarely match. Melani reads your calendar and what actually happened, then measures the residual — the signed gap between intent and reality.

Your standing objective is unchanged: read one honest line, take one next move. No dashboards, no streaks, no second inbox. The console speaks once, after dark, then goes quiet.

Everything runs on your machine, with your own key. Nothing leaves the cabin.

— M. // console v0.1.0 // classification: local-only
Tonight's readout

The board reconciles
while you sleep.

Every mission carries a planned figure and an actual. Melani subtracts one from the other and posts the residual, plus the single move that closes it.

Mission ↑PlannedActualResidualNext move
Melani3h focus1h20−1h40Ship the readout
Zaidi PaperFiguresDraftedevenSubmit
Stanford OutreachReplyOpened−1Send one line
InboxZero14 left−14Hold to morning
Sleep23:30—pendingClose the console

// residual = plan − actual, signed. one line, computed on-device.

The console

An instrument,
not another to-do list.

Melani measures. It does not nag, gamify, or open a new inbox. The whole point is that you look once and know where the day drifted.

Flight deck

This is the whole surface.

Home, the day's missions, and The Queue holding one decision. No feed, no badges to chase. It speaks once and gets out of the way.

MELANI · HOME · 1 DECISION IN QUEUE
Melani on macOS: the mission console with Home, the day's missions, and The Queue awaiting one decision.
Set in Departure Mono

Every readout, one grid.

Melani speaks in a monospaced pixel font, so numbers line up and the residual never lies about its width. Hover a glyph to inspect it.

Uppercase
Lowercase
Numerals & symbols
How it reads

Plan. Live. Reconcile.

Three steps, once a day, mostly invisible. Melani does the reconciling so you only read the result.

01

Plan

the day ahead

Your calendar and intentions are the plan. Nothing new to fill in.

02

Live

what actually happens

The day happens. Melani quietly notes what actually took your hours, on-device.

03

Reconcile

into one line

At night it subtracts one from the other and hands you the residual, plus the single next move.

Why it's different
A

One honest line

Plan minus actual, every night. The number you'd never total yourself, and the one move that follows from it.

B

Your key, your Mac

Bring your own Anthropic key. It lives in your Keychain and never touches our servers. No account holds your work.

C

Calm by design

No dashboards to read, no streaks to protect. A quiet console that speaks once a day and then gets out of the way.

Pricing

You bring the model key.
So it stays cheap.

One price, no seats, no usage meter. You pay Anthropic directly for the model. Melani is just the console. Cancel anytime.

Monthly
$18 / month
  • Every feature in Melani
  • Bring your own API key
  • 7-day free trial
Start monthly →
2 MONTHS FREE
Yearly
$180 / year
  • Every feature in Melani
  • Bring your own API key
  • 7-day free trial
Start yearly →
Get it

Buy once, and it
emails you the key.

Checkout runs on Stripe. The moment it clears, Melani mints your license and sends it with the download link. Paste the key, add your Anthropic key, and you're reading the residual tonight.

Buy & download → Ask a question
01macOS 14 or later
02An Anthropic API key — a minute to create at console.anthropic.com
03About $3–10/mo in model usage, paid to Anthropic, not us
04Your data stays local — Melani keeps no account of your work

// while you're here — clear the backlog.
// move: mouse or ← → · launch: space or click

BACKLOG BREAKOUTMELANI ARCADE v0.1
SCORE 0 · LIVES 3CLICK OR PRESS SPACE TO LAUNCH